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Originally Posted by Wormius
This is an interesting tangent, not so much value of wildlife vs humans, but how about work of art vs a human life or something of cultural significance vs human life.
Would killing someone in the act of protecting, say, the Mona Lisa or some other significant work of art from destruction be justified? I’d like to think I am fairly pro-human, but if some no-name dork was threatening to destroy a one of kind priceless piece of art, I would definitely feel conflicted.
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Since the Mona Lisa doesn't posess sentience and holds only extrinsic value killing someone in defense of it would be unjustified against a sentient individual with intrinsic value.
I think we all value humans more, but that doesn't mean the bear, or animals in general have such low value that we should seek to destroy them at a drop of a hat. Animals have plenty of value as they too are sentient individuals.